The concept of empire did not originate in Greece, but seems to have originated in the East.

The emperor of ancient Egypt and ancient Persia, his authority was shrouded in mystery. He is the monarch, the master, and the son of the gods. If he was an ambitious conqueror, then it was also legitimate for him to use coercion to bring other peoples under his theocratic rule.

In fact, in Greek mythology, Zeus, the king of the gods, was the absolute ruler of the human world. He can turn the Arcadian king Lycaon into a bloodthirsty wolf, and punish the humans he loathes with lightning and thunder, floods and tsunamis.

In 331 BC, King Alexander of Macedon crossed the desert and hung himself at the temple of Amun in Sihua. Since then, he has called himself "the son of Zeus." He wanted to represent God's will to conquer the human world and make it "the city of God."

The Romans gave full play to the "empire" so that it dissolved into the blood of Westerners, and they never left. From knights to kings, they all pursued the laurels of the "empire", ascribed vast territories and numerous nations to the tyranny of one person or a small group of people. Neither Christianity nor Islam can change this greed and domination of human beings. Religious theocracy is only the banner of the king's army of conquest.

Modern capital has created a new kind of "beast of empire". It resembles the watchdog of Pluton, the king of Hades. This monster named Thurbrus had a large mouth with poisonous saliva flowing from it, sharp canine teeth, a knotted viper on its head and back, a dragon tail on its lower body, and three heads on its upper body. Industry and finance are its two heads, and the army is its third. Ever since a group of Thurbrus were born into this world. There will be no peace for mankind.

The old empire binds the earth in its arms with the chains of its fleet. The newborn Thurbrus could not find the fat or flesh, so they spoke to the old fellow. The thunder of their fight shook over millions of cities and villages, and the lives were devastated, the bones covered the wilderness, and the wind was miserable. The victor grabbed the feast, ate and drank violently, his body swelled, and his face was hideous; The loser licks his wounds and vows to make a comeback. As a result, imperialism has become synonymous with the ubiquity that affects human life, reproduction, and creation.

A mind can dominate an empire. A parliament that has been passed down from generation to generation can also run an empire. This is no longer God or God's will. It's the will of an authentic person. This man and the group are also involuntary, and he has to ride on one beast, and pounce on another beast, at the mercy of nation, race, class, industry, money, religion, and all the evil thoughts of the underworld.

Among these beast riders. Neither Napoleon . Bonaparte or William. Pitt (British Prime Minister of Napoleon's contemporary). Neither Bismarck nor Metternich. They'll just let the head of Thurbrus fight roar. They think they are all great men, but they don't know that there are strong players among the strong. There is also a beast rider who does not charge like them. Fighting his arms, mediating at the negotiating table, and running through the crowd.

He couldn't walk, he couldn't wave his arms, he had never fought a war, managed his money, ran a factory, and before he became famous, an illness almost destroyed him. He rode a Thurbrus behemoth like never before. It is a young man, with strong blood, a violent personality, sharp teeth and claws, and an eternally hungry appetite, eager to swallow three earths with its three heads. He spoke softly, smiled, shook hands softly, and was keen to collect stamps. But he knew exactly what monster he was riding. He knew which head to roar at which moment and where. He is confident that he will be able to seize every opportunity to lead the monsters under his seat to a new world that has never been seen before. He will get the most abundant prey at the lowest cost, and if God gives him time, he will eventually want to get the entire planet.

"Go, Rafa, stop rubbing my feet. Arthur, you drive Rafa to the door and give him something to eat, he may be hungry. ”

Roosevelt called his servant, Pualettisman, a negro, to blast his dog away. He was tired, Arthur could see it. He pulled up the black velvet curtain for the president, put a blanket over his lap, and went out with the dog softly closing the door.

Roosevelt bent down and took a sip of his coffee. Neither the coffee nor the cigarette turned him up, he was so tired. He closed his eyes and wanted to rest for a while. But no, a thousand things came to him, no! It's literally rushing at him.

The president, who speaks English as his mother tongue, first thinks of Europe, and when he thinks of England, "blood is always thicker than water." Roosevelt considered himself otherworldly, but he was still fascinated by Churchill, the hero. From the day Britain declared war, Churchill nagged him to blow the wind, leaving him in a thick smoke of "first in Europe", as if the fall of Britain was the end of the world. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the US government and public were agitated and demanded that troops and materials be sent into the Pacific theater, but he did not hurry to formulate the strategic principle of "Europe first and then Asia."

His fascination with the Old World is a kind of nostalgia for human civilization. That land of endless strife has produced much spiritual and material wealth that makes mankind proud. One European nation after another has risen and then declined. Greece, Rome, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and now it's the turn of Great Britain.

It was this Great Britain whose Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain poisoned the whole world by releasing Hitler from Munich from the vial of sin. The mutual suspicion of Western countries has made the more terrifying Oriental dragon complete a gorgeous turn and realize the awakening of the nation.

However, the English lion is old, and it is covered in scabies, its eyes are red and swollen, and patches of hair have fallen off. It needed to get rid of parasites inside and outside its body, replace its lungs, perform multiple dental surgeries, and it didn't even have the strength to roar. It's sad to say, but the facts are always the facts. After flying the flag of the British Empire on six continents for three and a half centuries, it has become a corpse cloth. How sad!

Winston. Churchill now holds the British tiller. He was an old sailor, and the old ships could sail far, and there was hope for England.

Britain is in decay, but who else can stop Hitler's chariots!

A few days earlier, Roosevelt had also met with the "former Navy Officer" Churchill in Washington. The highest military command bodies of the United States and Great Britain organized an unprecedented lineup to coordinate the strategy of resistance to the fascist Axis powers. All the famous generals and celebrities who should come are here, and they make plans in a down-to-earth manner. Raise supplies, mobilize troops, and put them into action.

Churchill came to visit him in this house of his. His villa, named "Shangri-La," is nestled in the picturesque beauty of Maryland's Katokting Valley. The villa has only four bedrooms and a presidential bathroom, and the other guest bathroom has no lock on the door. Filipino sailors and chefs aboard the unused presidential yacht "Potomac" provided first-class food and service. As soon as the president saw their tears welling up, he remembered that the Philippine Islands were still moaning under the iron hooves of the Japanese army.

Churchill was especially happy when he arrived. "We fought a great victory rarely seen in history, capturing all the German and Italian troops in Tunisia, including their commander-in-chief, von Murphy. Admiral Arnim. Arnim succeeded Rommel as the German army's highest military commander in Africa.

The next turn is the counteroffensive in Europe. He had a disagreement with Churchill. Churchill stubbornly insisted on fighting on the northern shores of the Mediterranean: "There was the soft underbelly of the Axis powers; Roosevelt glanced at the intelligent, capable, but cheerful Hopkins.

Hopkins, assistant to the president, immediately understood what the president meant, and he said with little strength: "Mr. Prime Minister." In the war against the Axis powers. Our interests are completely aligned. Western Europe was the only place where it could wage the most rapid and decisive air, sea and sea war against Hitler. ”

Hopkins gradually became calm and resolute. "The American people don't want to send their fellow citizens across the ocean just for fun. They concentrated in Britain precisely to strike at the enemy across the Channel and end the war. As soon as it was decided to start implementing the plan to operate across the English Channel, it could not be overturned. Because the United States wants to make it its main combat effort. The United States, of course, is fighting for its own interests. The aim of the United States is to end the domination of fascism on the planet as soon as possible. Then focus all your efforts. to completely contain the Chinese Empire. Our real enemy is not in Europe, but in Asia. ”

Chugur is not easily convinced. He was entangled in the old British spheres of influence such as Greece, Sardinia, Rhodes and Palestine. And no wonder he. A great man's mind is beyond the power he can control. will be tormented by their own ideals.

Only Roosevelt himself harnessed the power of his thoughts, turned them into action, and turned them into a blueprint for a new world.

His mind traveled eastward along the Greenwich meridian. He thought of the Russians, of Stalin.

Soviet Russia was able to hold Moscow under the German offensive for two consecutive years, and such a large-scale battle for two consecutive years aroused his admiration. However, this admiration soon turned into sympathy, and China intervened, and millions of Soviet Red Army troops were either annihilated or became prisoners of China. Even Stalin and his leading group of Sovietist ideas went to foreign lands.

In the face of a strong China, Roosevelt had already stressed the danger of China more than once. However, things are always disappointing, whether it is Japan, or the Soviet Union, like the American soldiers, in front of the Chinese army, they are like a devastating defeat.

Although at this meeting, codenamed "Trident", it was decided that the "Overlord" operation landing in western France and the landing of "Husky" in Sicily, Italy, would be completed, however, the Allies did not send a single soldier to Europe, and the main battle was fought by the Russians. It is necessary to find a way to keep Stalin supported, otherwise, not to mention that the scale of war will pour out further, and it is estimated that there will be no Slavs of their own country in the future.

The whole of World War II was a logistical war. Although the United States does not have many troops fighting overseas, it has the world's best and most efficient industrial machinery, and it is at the center of the world stage. If Uncle Joseph (referring to Stalin) fights, he will have to be given arms and supplies. It turns out that there are three ways to Russia: one is the Arctic route, which is the shortest and most dangerous. The second is the Middle East and the Caucasus, which is only a very thin intestine due to its poor efficiency, and the third is the Pacific route, which has only symbolic significance. Money alone cannot buy Russia's trust, and it is necessary to open up a "second battlefield."

His delay in committing troops to Europe was hampered by a major event, in addition to the advice of the chiefs of staff.

That was the Pacific Theater.

American voters still support him for a third term as president because he pledged to defeat China for the sake of American honor and force it to surrender unconditionally.

Nasty Chinese!

He was so tired. The Pacific theater of operations was vast, and he felt overwhelmed. There is something bitter in the heart. He was also a mortal, broad-shouldered, tall man, and had previously served as an assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. Although handsome, well-born, and personable, due to polio and high blood pressure, he could no longer move his legs at the age of thirty-nine.

He attended Groton School and Harvard University, and his memory was amazing and his self-confidence was unparalleled. His gaze was sharp and clear. Employ people completely intuitively. All great men are the same in this regard. As soon as others saw his smile, they were fascinated by him. And, of course, he has the idealism, practicality, passion and energy that all successful people need. He is one of the biggest achievers in the world.

However, "the high place is not cold", and the location of President United Picture is not easy to sit on. Besides, he's been sitting on this seat for ten years. Even in peacetime. Power is also a heavy millstone. Hanging around the president's neck. What's more, since his first day in office, disasters, conflicts, incidents, and crises have been inseparable from him. The Great Depression, rebuilding the American economy. The turmoil in Europe, the rise to power of fascism and the war, anything that can be put on any mediocre American president is enough for him to choke, not to mention that they are challenging the same person like a marquee!

He was born into the world to meet the challenge. Only with power, he is satisfied. Only when he succeeds can he feel the value of life.

He was accustomed to command thousands of people to do what he wanted. He imagined one blueprint after another and put them into practice. He seeks both its essence and its ornamentation in power. His rich imagination gives him a deep sense of stage. His opponents are less flattering to the president.

They said that he was a lazy and mediocre man, a college student without a diploma, a lawyer with poor business, good at publicity, thick-skinned, with a gambling and ticketing style, and superstition. And the most important thing is that he is already terminally ill and blind.

Political, economic, financial, diplomatic, military...... Countless fronts consumed his energy, and endless troubles gnawed at his tree of life like mole crickets. His hair was thinning, his belly drooping, and the shade of brown under his blue eyes was getting darker. He often had colds and was dizzy.

"The Pacific Theater," he thought vaguely, "Nimitz, MacArthur, Nagano Shusei, Nagumo Tadaichi, Stilwell, Slim, Curtin...... Who's going to do what, who's going to do what...... Ah, what a sea of smoke and waves! ”

In the depths of the vast ocean, the sea breeze is raging, and the deep water is rolled up in layers of waves.

Two large-scale landing battles were launched in the Pacific Ocean, and the seizure of the Solomon Islands in the Chinese Pacific Theater was in full swing.

The main force of the Southern Theater of Operations, which set out from the coast of China, crossed the ocean and approached the Arafura Sea in Australia. On the surrounding islands, the well-improved air force airfield has been bombing important military targets off the coast of Australia for a week.

In this operation, code-named "Black Worship", China flew more than 30,000 sorties of bombers and fighter jets to deal devastating blows on Allied installations throughout Australia. From the 25th Attack bomb to the two-ton penetrating bomb, the submunition bomb, the cloud burst bomb, the high-explosive bomb, the solid incendiary bomb, the white phosphorus incendiary bomb, and countless aerial bombs fell on the heads of the Australian allies.

The airport was paralyzed at the first time, the barracks were directly destroyed, and the warehouses where the materials were stored were also destroyed as much as possible.

All this preparation was just for the next landing operation. Led by three Marine Divisions, the Southern Theater of Operations was put into actual combat in Australia for the first time. This is a big war, and for this reason, the Chinese Navy has dispatched more than 1,000 supply ships and troop carriers, with 20 amphibious assault ships as the core, to form a huge ship group. Many of these troop carriers are merchant ships that have been urgently converted in order to quickly send hundreds of thousands of main forces to Australia.

Although MacArthur had been prepared, under the dense sea, land and air attacks of China, he set up a defensive line that was quickly torn apart, and after a week of intensive bombardment by Allied soldiers, there were not many fighters left. With the rapid advance of the Marine Corps, combined with a dense fleet of helicopter gunships and amphibious tanks, this landing battle was more like a pure disarming operation.

When the follow-up army units also began to land in Australia on a large scale, MacArthur, who had no choice but to retreat again, took the remnants of his troops with his good depth advantage to offset China's strong naval superiority. Began to fight ground stations in Australia and the Chinese army.

On the other hand, the Marshall Islands landing battle may not be as lively as Australia's, and the scale of the operation is not as large. But around the Marshall Islands, China's Pacific Fleet has cut it off from any of the continents.

Supplies, supplies, support, you don't even have to think about it.

The "invincible" Japanese-American combined fleet, which the defenders of the island had been expecting, had retreated to Midway, which was 2,000 nautical miles from the Marshall Islands, a safe area.

As the Marshall Islands, which are already one of the few remaining islands in the Pacific Ocean, neither Washington nor Nimitz can give up here. In the face of the aggressive Chinese fleet, Nimitz had more calculations. (To be continued......)